Photography

As a gift in December we present History, Poetry, Diving Escapades and 22 Photographs by Thousand Islands photographers. We also pay tribute to Don Ross, new "Keeper of the Islands" and to the late John King and Captain Richard (F.E.) Fawcett. Enjoy this issue and please forward it to a friend.

In December, we received Dan Denney’s "Through the Ice - a Tale of Survival". Not only does he explain how dangerous it can be to drive on river and/or lake ice, he gives us techniques for survival which he had to learn the hard way! January's issue also presents history, photographs and more...

Yes summer is almost over, but what a great one we have had! Throughout the summer we collected photographs from our readers both on "TI Life" and from our Facebook site, and we share some here. We also congratulate Ian Coristine for winning a 2010 Benny Award for his book, "The very best of Ian Coristine's 1000 Islands"...

“I’m flattered when someone likes my photographs but it’s hard to take a bad picture in the Thousand Islands. Take your ...

I'm not sure why shipwrecks fascinate me. Maybe it's because I watched a boat sink while standing on my parent's beach i...

I had no idea as to its value and asked the dealer the price. She held up two fingers but did she mean two dollars, twenty dollars or two hundred dollars?

“So spooky to see boats just sitting on the bottom, waiting for the end of time”, was the reaction of one of the visitor...

“My Mom and I have this collection of stereograph cards, and we want to share it,” Tom French told me over the telephone...

SHIP! It’s a game we started when my husband retired nine years ago. It’s nothing original. We actually got the idea fro...

For almost 150 years, the photos of Alexander Carson McIntyre, or A.C. as he was known, have been telling the story of the early history of the 1000 Islands as it became a tourist destination.

In April, the website ABay.com published photographs of the crumbling boathouse on Ina Island.  The author, aka Joh...

In the spring of 2000 my husband, Doug Girvin, and I moved to the Islands.  By summer we’d become 1000 Islands boat...

I met many interesting people around the park but one particular gentleman stands out in my mind. Joe Pullaw was an old river rat, probably sixty years my senior...

Dennis McCarthy inspects one of the frames of the "Iroquoise" in 80 feet of water off Niagara Shoal.

I dug into the family archives and found some more great pictures of interesting and memorable boats that plied both the American..

Having grown up in Gananoque I was introduced to the joys of boating on the St. Lawrence River at an early age. My Dad, ...

Meet John Street – communications expert by profession from San Diego, California and a Thousand Island resident in the ...

A new book includes Canada's St. Lawrence Islands National Park...

Thousand (1000) Islands Images is exactly what Paul and Lil have been pursuing...

Who knows the correct answer? If you are a “subscriber” to TI Life, then from November to April, Canadian photographer ...

Bill Munro, a photographer with a keen eye, has a simple-and-sensible philosophy about taking pictures: To get great pic...

One of my favorite locations to photograph in the Islands is along Crooked Creek, located about a mile east of Kring Point ...

When TI Life received a photograph of an Osprey fishing for his dinner, we immediately looked for the source.  We d...

I captained the old Snider 1000 Islands tour boats from 1978 to 1980...

The Thousand Islands region is filled with picturesque settings, making it a photographer’s heaven. This photographer ho...

As the jacket notes describe: "most charming...

In its second year and with over sixty entries the current winter exhibition at the Arts Center is a showcase of photos ...

Last year we discovered the photography of Andrew B King, (January 2009) who lives on Black Duck Island (Admiralty Islan...

D.F. (Dani) Baker and her partner, David Belding, are the owners of  "Cross Island Farms" - one of the region's bes...

Random thoughts and photographs about our not so random seasons. If you are reading this, chances are you have visited...

Dudley Danielson is a man who has done just about everything in life, working as a (talented) professional photographer...

In March we announced that Ian Coristine's photographs were featured in the March

The images below were part of a first-time exhibition titled "The Glass River"

I have absolutely no doubt this scene was played out on countless waterways and lakes in the area. The fact that it took...

For the formative years of my career I shot news and documentary programming on 16mm film and later tape. It was the bes...

Andy King spends most of the summer on Black Duck Island in the Admiralty Islands.  We say "most" because Andy also...

Hello,  Thank you for the great content you give us on Thousand Islands Life. The photos make you feel like you ar...

Nevada and Steele Williams, who landed the black bass at Millens Bay in August, 2007

"I am quite honored and thank you in advance for the opportunity to submit so many to the magazine, I enjoy reading thro...

“It is as clear in my mind as this morning's newspaper headline: I had just turned ten and for my birthday that year, Ap...

For the intrepid, the river is a place for all seasons. Several photographs shared by Jan Brabant recall an early April ...

  Aerial photography by Bill Hecht.  Complied by Paul Malo, April 2008  

Pete Medcalf lives on Hill Island, near the Thousand Islands Bridge. The Medcalf family cruised the Thousand Islands on ...

These gorgeous images, appearing like abstract paintings, were photographed on infared film in order to show the changin...

As an avid (some might say obsessed) kayaker, I feel fortunate to have been able to get up close and personal with my li...

Ian Coristine, the preeminent photographer of the Thousand Islands, produces pictures professionally. He derives revenue...

I was initially drawn into the bay by the sight of a heron hunting there. The mist and the early morning light and still...

  Competing against nearly 7,500 entries, Ian Coristine's latest publication received a Premier Print Award.  ...

For several years Rex (Rexford M.) Ennis of Grindstone Island has been compiling research for a biography of Charles Goo...

Photographs of Brockville by Brockville resident, Stephanie L Woods.  2007  King Street Old Post Office ...

A new publication presents a collection of Thousand Islands images from the past. Dudley Danielson, known to many of us ...

  In 2006 Paul Malo shared a collection of Carleton Villa photographs.  These historic photographs have been ...